Molding-board.



' Patented Apr. 22, I902.

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MOLDING BUARD. (A licatioi flied Apr. 2, 1898.)

(Np Model.)

' IN ENTOR az'mgi WITNESSES:

ATTORNEY},

UNITED STATES P TENT OFFICE.

OLIVER 0. SWEET, OF WATERTOWN, NEW YORK.

MOLDlNG-B oARD.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 698,077, dated April22, 1902.-

Application filed April 2, 1898. Serial No. 676,166. (No model.)

' and effective in use and is readily secured in side edges.

position; and to this end it consists, essentially, in the combination,construction, and

arrangement of the parts of a molding-board, as hereinafter fullydescribed, and pointed out in the'claims.

In describing this invention reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming partof this specification, in which like lettersindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a perspective of my improved molding-board, a kneader beingshown in operative position thereon. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan View,partly in section, of a vportion of said molding-board.

A represents my molding-board, and B a suitable kneader.

The molding-board A preferably consists of a bottom piece a, of suitableform, size, and construction ,and an angularly-arranged back piece a,formed with a flaring base (2. The upper faceof the bottom piece a issubstantially fiat and extends laterally in the same continuous planeand direction from its central portion to its outer side edges. Thefront face of the back piece a, extends downwardly and forwardly in asubstantially concave plane toward the upper face of the bottom piecefor forming the base a and is extended laterally in thesame continuousplane and direction from its central portion to its outer Saidmolding-board A is preferably provided at its front edge a with suitablesecuring means, here illustrated as movable substantially U-shaped hooksc c, having corresponding ends or branches 0, formed shorter than theiropposite ends or branches 0 The ends or branches 0 engage a table orother support for the molding-board and when'not in use are movable intogrooves a in the lower face of the bottom piece a. The ends or branches0 are journaled in plates 0, secured to the front edge a of the bottompiece a, and in sockets extending inwardly from said plates and areprovided with lateral shoulders 0 that normally engage the inner facesof the plates 0 and are movable throughgrooves 0 leading from thejournal-. openings of said plates and extending from front to reartherethrough. Said shoulders c normally prevent endwise movement anddetachment of the hooks c c and when registered with the grooves cperm-it ready removal of said hooks.

The kneader B forms no part of my present invention, and hence it isunnecessary todescribe the same herein. 7

In the use of my improved molding-board the dough is readily formedintoa roll of similar form from end to end, owing to the fact that theupper face of the bottom piece a and p the front face of the back piecea extend in substantially the same continuous planes and directions fromtheir central portionsto their outer side edges.

The construction and operation of my mold ing-board will now be readilyunderstood upon reference to the foregoing description and theaccompanying drawings.

Having thus fully described this invention,

what I claim as'n'ew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.-

1. The combination with a molding-board provided with a groove in itslower face, of a substantially U-shaped hook having one end or branchjournaled in the molding-board and its opposite end or branch movableinto and out of the groove, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

2. The combination with a molding-board provided with a groove in itslower face; of a plate secured to the edge of theboard in proximitytothe groove, and 'a substantially U- shaped hook having one end orbranch journaled in the plate and its opposite end or branch movableintoand out of the groove,-

substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. The combination with a molding-board; of aplate secured to the edgeof the board and formed with a journal-opening and a groove leading fromsaid journal-opening and ex tending through the plate from front torear,

and a movable substantially U-shaped hook signed mynaine, in thepresence of two attest- 10 having one end or branch movable into 011-ingwitnesses, at Watertown, in the county of gagement with a suitablesupport, and its op- Jefferson, in the State of New York, this 29thposite end or branch arranged in the journalclay of March, 1898.

opening of the plate and provided with a 1 I 1shouldernormallyengagedwiththe inner face OLIV ER SXVILET" of the plateand movable through said groove, Witnesses: substantially as and for thepurpose set forth. GEO. P. SENEGAL,

In testimony whereof I have hereunto HENRY J EP.

